Thornton Wilder's 'Our Town' at Royal Exchange

THORNTON WILDER'S EPIC TALE OF COMMUNITY AND HUMANITY

The Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre presents

OUR TOWN

By Thornton Wilder
Directed by Sarah Frankcom
Designed by Fly Davis

14 September - 14 October

Manchester is OUR TOWN and the people of the city sit at the heart of the action in Sarah Frankcom’s new production of Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize winning play. On this intimate in-the-round stage Wilder’s epic exploration of human existence is redefined for now. On designer Fly Davis' set audience members can choose to join the actors on stage, in their homes and at their kitchen tables as OUR TOWN becomes everybody’s town. This hugely significant piece of 20th century drama is performed by an ensemble cast of 15 actors with Youssef Kerkour as Stage Manager, Norah Lopez Holden as Emily Webb, Patrick Elue as George Gibbs, Carla Henry as Mrs. Julia Gibb, Nicolas Khan as Dr. Gibbs, Graeme Hawley as Mr. Webb and Wyllie Longmore as Professor Willard. The production opens on the 14 September and runs until 14 October. 

Love and marriage, birth and death. Seen from a distance they’re just the rhythm of everyday life: but when you’re caught up in the middle and they’re happening to you, they’re the whole world. OUR TOWN tells the story of Emily and George, two unremarkable teenagers growing up in a small New Hampshire town at the turn of the last century. You’re invited to eavesdrop on this tightly wound community as events unfold – both the apparently trivial and the deeply profound – across the course of a decade. 

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